Word: engulfed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Christiamty in three ways upon life. It leavens it, because it raises man and his surroundings out of the earthly considerations that engulf him; it is the half of life, because through its influence the life of cities is preserved. London and New York have places where religion has not come, and these are festering and rotten. It is the light of life, because by Christianity we may see the way to the real life to come...
...looked up - I saw a horrid great creature with switching tail and fiery eyes. I wonder that I did not faint; perhaps I had self-possession enough to recognize the uselessness of such a proceeding; nevertheless I was paralyzed with fear, for the gates of eternity seemed about to engulf...